Index: net-tools-2.10/config.in
===================================================================
--- net-tools-2.10.orig/config.in
+++ net-tools-2.10/config.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 * course, welcome.  Answer `n' here if you have no support for
 * internationalization on your system.
 *
-bool 'Does your system support GNU gettext?' I18N n
+bool 'Does your system support GNU gettext?' I18N y
 *
 *
 *             Protocol Families.
===================================================================
--- net-tools-2.10.orig/configure.sh
+++ net-tools-2.10/configure.sh
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ config_fd_redir='<&7'
 #
 function readln()
 {
-  echo -n "$1"
-  IFS='@' read ans || exit 1
-  [ -z "$ans" ] && ans=$2
+  echo "$1"
+  ans=$2
 }

 # bool processes a boolean argument